Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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"The seventh issue of Changjiang News is here?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

Zhuge Liang left Jingzhou in February, and he brought the first issue of the newspaper with him. Last month, Lantian sent people to deliver military rations to Shu, and brought the next five issues of the newspaper. This made Pang Tong, Fazheng, and Liu Bei read it all at once. Enough, they are particularly interested in this kind of novelty.

"My lord, come and take a look. Bandit Cao actually became a prince, but Ziyu's divorce is really ruthless." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said.

Liu Bei took the newspaper with a heavy expression. On the left page was the news of Cao Cao's dominance. On the Changjiang Review, Liao Li cursed the national traitors sharply, and also sprayed the 31 traitors who persuaded him to enter.

"My lord, don't be angry. That Cao thief is not a good person. He said that it is possible to establish a public country and even usurp the country later. We must accumulate strength now, first take Yizhou as our foundation, and then plan for the Central Plains." Fazheng reminded.

Liu Bei nodded, "I still remember Lan Ziyu's nine-character mantra, but if Xun Wenruo was such a great talent, he was forced to death by Cao thief. I am really shameless for Cao thief..."

Zhuge Liang said: "This is a rumor in the market. Lan Ziyu's move is clearly a trick of alienation. It really kills people invisible..."

"Strange, who is Sun who is the first one to be persuaded to enter the table? Didn't Ziyu get the exact information?" Liu Bei was full of doubts.

Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang looked at each other, and smiled mysteriously: "Is it an unknown person who can be ranked first in the persuasion list? Ziyu must have taken care of it and deliberately covered it up. Who can get ahead of Xun You?"

Liu Bei frowned and shook his head: "All the famous people in the world are in Jiangdong, I really can't think of going to Cao Ying..."

"Maybe it's from Jiangdong?" Pang Tong said meaningfully.

"Can't you?" Liu Bei looked surprised.

Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to add: "At the beginning of this year, the Cao thief and Sun Quan fought in Chaohu Lake. After a stalemate for several months, Cao Cao retreated for no reason. I heard from General Gan that the losses for both of them were not great. Maybe the two secretly had some agreement..."

"The military adviser is saying that this Sun is Sun Zhongmou?" Liu Bei asked in surprise.

"Sun Quan's chariot general is still the lord Biaozuo, and his position can indeed surpass the other 30 people." Pang Tong analyzed.

"Sun...Sun Zhongmou...wouldn't be so depraved?" Liu Bei still didn't believe it.

Zhuge Liang: "Ziyu once said that the newspaper does not spread rumors, and everything is based on facts. It is only modified in words. Sun Quan's real name is not mentioned in the newspaper. Maybe it is to save face for him, and it is to protect the Sun-Liu alliance."

Liu Bei nodded, "If this is the case, I hope Sun Zhongmou will not over-speculate. You should write a letter to tell Ziyu not to mention Jiangdong in the Yangtze River News, and let us fight against Cao together..."

Fazheng, who had not spoken much, said: "The three points of the world have become clear. I hope that Jiangdong's rulers and ministers can keep their heads clear. In case Sun Quan uses this to plot against Jingzhou and Cao Cao cooperates to lead the soldiers from the Central Plains to the south, our rear is in danger..."

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "With Zijing as the governor, this kind of thing will not happen. Besides, with Yunchang and Ziyu guarding Jingzhou, the rear should be very stable."

Liu Bei was startled when he heard Fazheng say 'the rear is in danger', and asked in a voiceless voice, "Didn't Liu Yong's scouts come? How is the situation at Jiameng Pass?"

The three military divisions were excitedly reading the newspaper just now, and the guards sent the information directly to Liu Bei at the edge of the battlefield.

At this time, Pang Tong was the first to ask the guards to call scouts to inquire. The result was not bad news. Liu Yong led his army south to join Liu Bei because the danger at Jiameng Pass was lifted, and Zhang Fei's army followed behind.

Liu Bei was overjoyed after hearing this, and ordered the siege troops to withdraw to rest, and he and three military divisions went out of the camp ten li to meet Zhang Fei.

Liu Yong led his army southwards against the scorching sun. When he was approaching Luocheng, he found an umbrella cover standing on the side of the road. Looking closer, it was actually Liu Bei and three military advisers.

"My lord... military advisor..." Liu Yong hastily got off his horse, hesitating, wondering if the etiquette of welcoming him is too much?

"Thank you, how long is Yide?" Liu Bei asked.

"Just five miles behind." Liu Yong seemed to understand that these people were waiting for Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei nodded, "You lead the army back to the camp to rest first, and I will wait here for Yide."

"Wei." Liu Yong then led his troops away.

In less than half an hour, a series of banners could be seen in the distance. Liu Bei knew that Zhang Fei was coming, so he got on his horse and whipped away.

Seeing Liu Bei's behavior, Pang Tong couldn't help sighing: "The brotherhood between the Lord and Yide is really commendable..."

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan, "I didn't expect that the Yide land route was so fast. In less than half a year, Jiangzhou was captured, Padong and Brazil were settled, and there was still room to support Jiameng Pass."

"With the help of three generals, this city of Luo should be taken." Fazheng stroked his beard and said to himself.

In the distance, a shiny black horse carried Zhang Fei and approached Liu Bei at the same time. The two brothers hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and when they met, they held hands and were speechless.

"Third brother..."

"Big brother..."

"Tell me a good story about what you have seen and heard along the way."

"There are too many things in the past six months. I will tell my elder brother while walking."

Yan Yan, Xi Su and other generals were stunned by the fiery brotherhood, and the army behind stopped under the sun and almost forgot to move forward.

The two brothers got on their horses after talking about the past for a while, and then they were surrounded and entered the camp outside Luocheng. Immediately, Liu Bei arranged a big banquet in the camp to clean up the dust for Zhang Fei and other generals.

While preparing the banquet, Zhang Fei invited Yan Yan, Li Yi and others to meet Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also introduced Wu Yi, Li Yan and other generals to Zhang Fei.

At this time, the surrendered generals in the middle of Shu had already occupied some seats in Liu Bei's army. Under Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei rewarded the surrendered generals to show his goodwill to the former ministers of Yizhou.

Appoint Wu Yi as the general who seeks rebellion, Yan Yan as the partial general, Li Yan and Fei Guan as the beneficiary generals, Deng Xian and Li Yi as the generals of Zhonglang, and the rest of the Jingzhou civil and military troops who entered Shu with the army will be unified after Yizhou is pacified Award.

At the banquet, Zhang Fei brought up the offensive and defensive battle of Jiameng Pass, but Liu Zhang made a sneak attack on the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and was unable to attack.

Zhang Fei's army was as powerful as a rainbow, and after they marched to Jiameng Pass, they fought successively and victoriously. Liu Zhang's army was defeated by the enemy.

The deputy general Xiang Cun was beheaded when Huo Jun chased him, and the main general Fu Jin led his army to escape to Langshui and drowned countless people.

The villagers on Deng Ai's boat were the young and strong selected by Xin Dengzhuang. Many of them were influenced by the older generation of villagers and possessed martial arts skills.

Liu Bei was surprised when he heard this: "How old is that stuttering Deng Ai? Lan Ziyu let him be a teacher at such a young age?"

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "I think this kid is good, and he no longer stutters now. That Fujin was drowned in Langshui by him. I really didn't expect him to be so good at swimming."

Chapter 298 Who is the guest?

"I didn't expect Ziyu to move so fast. I thought he would send farmers to farm the fields until Yizhou was pacified." Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan to cool off.

Just now Zhang Fei's description was very brief. Everyone thought that Deng Ai was sent by Lantian to join the battle. They were all surprised to hear Zhuge Liang's sigh.

"Military officer, do you mean that Deng Ai came to farm?" Liu Bei asked in surprise.

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, "Yizhou has high mountains and dangerous passes as barriers, if we spread Jingnan's planting techniques here, we will be able to grow a prosperous area in a few years, and use this as a basis to map the plains to the north.

Ziyu expected that the Lord would go north to Hanzhong in the future, and he had already trained a group of people to go to Jiameng to farm the fields, so as to save the consumption of food transportation and the labor of the people. "

After listening to Zhuge Liang's explanation, everyone was too shocked to speak. Now that Luocheng has not been conquered, Lantian actually turned his ideas to Hanzhong.

Liu Bei lamented, "Jingnan is relatively rich now. These people can abandon their homes and businesses and willingly travel thousands of miles to Shu to farm. I have to admire Ziyu's appeal. I don't know if it is Han or Yue..."

"Brother, they are all children of Xin Dengzhuang, so Ziyu let Deng Shizai lead the team." Zhang Fei added.

Zhuge Liang then added: "Ziyu's appeal is on the one hand. The lord is benevolent, loving the people and has the heart to help the Han family. This is the fundamental reason why the people of the world are convinced."

Liu Bei nodded affirmatively, saying that if it was Xin Deng Village, it would be fine. The farmers in Xinye know how to be grateful, and they almost worship the Lantian who can farm.

While everyone was silent, Zhong Lang finally waited for the opportunity to deliver Lan Tian's handwritten letter to Li Yi.

In the letter, Lan Tian recommended Deng Ai as the captain of Diannong, hoping that Liu Bei could take care of this young man, and suggested that Liu Bei take Chengdu to focus on attacking his heart, and he would use the next few issues of the Yangtze River News to cooperate, after all, it was broken. If it sucks, it will take time and effort to rebuild.

Liu Bei handed the letter to Zhuge Liang after reading it, and solemnly ordered: "My mother is worried when my son travels thousands of miles. Deng Shizai lost his father in his early years. Ziyu is a teacher comparable to his father. Please ask the military teacher to write to Zhong Miao (Huo Jun) to take care of him and wait for him in Yizhou. After pacification, a separate county will be designated in Guanghan to fully cooperate with this young man in farming."

"Wei." Zhuge Liang responded.

Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses were exhausted from the long journey, so Liu Bei ordered the whole army to rest for three days, ordered people to cook summer soup in the camp, and asked hundreds of doctors and military doctors to collectively prevent and treat diseases, and make final preparations for the capture of Luocheng.

Since Liu Bei entered Shu for more than a year, the army's battle damage has been kept at a low level. Except for direct battle deaths that cannot be treated, the number of soldiers who died due to injuries and illnesses has decreased significantly. The reason is because of the existence of medical battalions.

It is extremely difficult to train military doctors. From Zhang Ji's Chenxian Medical School to Hua Tuo's Quanling Medical School, it took so many years to train 500 military doctors.

Liu Bei entered Sichuan and took away [-] military doctors, who were incorporated into Chen Dao's Guards as a medical battalion.

Luocheng's sudden truce made the city defenders feel unusual.

When he learned that Liu Bei had reinforcements arriving, Liu Xun, the chief general, didn't say a word.

Why do you feel that you are a guest and Liu Bei is the master of Yizhou?

Liu Xun is the eldest son of Liu Zhang and the legal heir of Yizhou, but before his father was old, he lured wolves into the house and recruited Liu Bei from Jingzhou.

Now the two sides are in conflict, and both public and private must defend the last barrier. He has guarded Luocheng for more than two months, and Chengdu has not sent a single soldier or food.

"My lord, it is rumored that Zhuge Liang came up from the Shuo River in Deyang before, but Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses arrived these days, and they seem to have come from the direction of Jiameng Pass. Should we ask for help from the direction of Chengdu..." Zhang Ren reported .

"Liu Bei has always been strict with his troops and paid special attention to the protection of news. How did Zhang Zong find such clear news?" Liu Xun asked curiously.

Zhang Ren replied in embarrassment: "The scout came back and said that Liu Beijun took the initiative to inform..."

Liu Qiang quickly shook his head: "Pang Tong and Fazheng were insidious and cunning, and then Zhuge Liang was added. This news is definitely their strategy, and they want to destroy our morale..."

"But eyes can't deceive people. The number of Liu Bei's barracks has indeed increased. You watched the battle on the city wall a few days ago. Didn't you see the banners covering the sky and the dust flying?" Zhang Ren argued.

Liu Qiang snorted coldly: "Perhaps Liu Bei did this on purpose. Seeing that Luocheng could not be captured for a long time, he sent troops out at night and followed them with great fanfare during the day, so as to increase their momentum..."

"Uh..." Zhang Ren didn't know how to respond.

Liu Xun nodded: "Dong Zhuo used the trick of going in and out when he entered the capital. False camps are also commonly used in the art of war. The two generals deal with it with a normal heart. As long as we try our best to defend the city, no tricks or tricks will work." .”

"Wei." Liu Gui (Zhang Ren) said in unison.

After Liu Bei's army completed its preparations, he ordered Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and other generals to launch a fierce attack on the east, west, north, and west sides of Luocheng at the same time.

In addition to the siege equipment brought from Fucheng, the Yue people in the army hid behind the shield formation and shot at the city wall with strong bows and crossbows.

During Zhang Fei's entry into Shu, because Yan Yan led the way, the guards of all cities and gates all surrendered. Considering the large proportion of Vietnamese in the army, although Zhang Fei did not commit any crimes with Minqiu along the way, he took away a large number of defenders everywhere. Yujian was brought to Liu Bei's camp all the way.

The condescending shooting turned into a counterattack from the bottom up, which frightened the defenders at the top of the city, and the pressure on the defense was directly increased by an order of magnitude.

"Damn it." After the battle in the afternoon, the city lord punched Liu Gui on the female wall.

Liu Bei attacked like this for a day, and Luocheng suffered more than two to three thousand casualties. If the fighting continued like this every day, Luocheng's defenders would be wiped out within ten months.

At night, Liu Xun summoned the two generals to discuss countermeasures. At this time, no one suspected that Liu Bei's increase in troops was fake.

"My lord, it's not an option to keep defending like this. Liu Bei's offensive is so fierce. If we continue to increase our troops, we will be in trouble. We should ask the lord for help." Zhang Ren suggested.

Liu Xun smiled wryly and shook his head: "When I set off from Chengdu, news came from the south of Yizhou that Liu Bei's general Zhao Yun had conquered Jiangyang, an important town on the Yangtze River, and was heading towards Qianwei at that time.

Several months have passed now, and I don't know where Zhao Yun has arrived. If my father sends troops to help Luocheng, what will happen to Chengdu? "

"This...my lord is really embarrassing..." Zhang Ren sighed.

"I'll try to write a book and tell my father about the situation here." Liu Xun said.

"Alright." Zhang Ren nodded.

At this time, Liu Gui glanced at Zhang Ren, cupped his fists and suggested to Liu Xun, "My lord, there are still nearly [-] soldiers in the city, but it is impossible for all of them to rush to the top of the city to defend.

Zhang Zong (Zhang Ren) is used to fighting, and he cannot make the best use of his talents when he is trapped in the city. It is better to go out with some soldiers to station in the city. "

Liu Xun was shocked when he heard it, and four words came to mind: Guandu Wuchao.

Chapter 299 Your Wife I Raise

Liu Xun took it for granted, and he analyzed it on his own: "Liu Bei's reinforcements came from the Jingzhou waterway, and the follow-up supplies should also come from the waterway, which is the route Liu Bei entered Sichuan last year, so the end of the waterway should be in Fucheng, but Fucheng and There is a long mountain road between Luocheng, can we do something?"

Although defending the city is hard work, it is undoubtedly extremely dangerous to go out of the city for a sneak attack.

Liu Qiang quickly agreed: "General Zhang, why not go out from the south gate at night, and then go around behind Liu Bei's army to cut off his food road?"

Before Zhang Ren could speak, Liu Xun quickly waved his hands: "The situation outside is unclear now. Even if Liu Bei's grain road can be broken, Luocheng may not be able to hold on for that long. We can only pretend to attack the grain road and actually attack Liu Bei's camp, directly imitating Cao Cao and burning Wuchao like that.

It's just that this strategy has a relatively high risk, and we can't divide too many soldiers out of the city, and if we are found out, we may not be able to pay back..."

"But time doesn't wait for us. We must take measures. Why not let General Zhang guard the city, and I will lead the troops out to burn food." Liu Gui said excitedly.

Zhang Ren shook his head quickly, his eyes gradually became firm, "If General Liu hadn't supervised and guarded Luocheng, how could we have held on for such a long time, or our soldiers went out of the city to find a battle, I wonder how many soldiers you can send?"

"How about seven...eight...ten thousand?" Liu Xun asked tentatively.

"Ten thousand?" Liu Gui looked at Liu Xun in surprise, as if asking if this was too much?After all, there are less than 3 people in Luocheng.

Liu Xun nodded and said, "Liu Bei now has [-] to [-] troops, and if he sends too few troops, he may harm Zhang Eng..."

Zhang Ren was a little touched, and then he waved his hand and said: "It is not appropriate to have a large number of surprise soldiers. 1 troops are too big, and it is very easy to be noticed by Liu Bei's scouts. I will just lead [-] soldiers out of the city."

"Will it be too little?" Liu Xun hesitated.

Zhang Ren said decisively: "Liu Bei's attack on the city is very fierce. It is better to keep more soldiers and horses in the city. I will prepare now."

Liu Xun nodded and said nothing, his expression looked a little lonely, Liu Gui looked at Zhang Ren's back and comforted him: "Young Master, don't be sad, General Zhang may not be in trouble if he can sneak attack on grain and grass, we can switch from defense to offense .”

Liu Xun sighed: "Liu Xuande is not Yuan Benchu, even if I ask myself, he is not as good as Cao Mengde..."

"Who knows before the battle is over? The key is that if we don't take a gamble, we will lose our chance."

"Ugh……"

Around Xu time, Zhang Ren's five thousand soldiers had a full meal and were waiting to leave the city. Liu Xun and Liu Gui came to the south gate to see them off.